Persuasion--getting what you want (someone to do or believe something), and the strategies you use: see Ripkin ad--what's it want and why should we do what it wants us to?; find an add--what's it want and why should we do what it wants us to; read "Force Fed Television", p. 253, what's it want us to do or believe(w) and why should we do it?: list two appeals, select one, explain--how do you figure?

Tuesday:

Independent Reading

Sentence combining--"Roadside Attraction", review

Grammar--sentence elements: subject and verb--definition (subject: the do'er or be'er, never in prep. phrase, often in the first position; verb--what's happening, an expression of existence, an auxiliary, or a modal auxiliary, conjugated), examples, a process of identifying, exercise 3, p. 442, ex. 5, p 444

Persuasion--find an opinion or commentary piece from the Star-Tribune, what's it want the reader to do or believe (w), list and explain two appeals (ethical, logical, emotional) it makes to get the reader to do or believe what it wants (s)